Faculty and Staff Awards 2022

Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2021-2022 academic school year.

Faculty Fellow

  • Rouzbeh Amini, MIE/BioE
  • Loretta Fernandez, CEE
  • Babak Heydari, MIE
  • Carolyn Lee-Parsons, ChE
  • Marvin Onabajo, ECE
  • Nikolai Slavov, BioE
  • Yanzhi Wang, ECE

Outstanding Teacher of First-Year Engineering Students

  • Christopher Ayala, English Writing
  • Ryan Dilworth, Chemistry
  • Angelos Fotopoulos, Physics
  • Angelina Jay, General Engineering
  • Robert Lupi, Math

Martin Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award

  • Mona Minkara, BioE
  • Michael Jaeggli, BioE
  • Josep Jornet, ECE

Fostering Engineering Innovation in Education Award

  • Nicholas Brown, MGEN

Outstanding Cooperative Education Coordinator Award

  • Cheryl Arruda, CEE
  • John Bleakney, MIE
  • Rachel Walsh-Peterson, ECE

Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award

  • Ambika Bajpayee, BioE
  • Qin Jim Chen, CEE
  • Hongli Zhu, MIE

Constantinos Mavroidis Translational Research Faculty Award

  • Yiannis Levendis, MIE
  • Mohsen Moghaddam, MIE

Outstanding Faculty Service Award

  • Debra Auguste, ChE
  • Rifat Sipahi, MIE

Excellence in Mentoring Award

  • Kaushik Chowdhury, ECE
  • Sagar Kamarthi, MIE
  • Kathryn Schulte Grahame, FYE

Faculty Research Team Award

  • Cold Spray Research Group
    • Teiichi Ando, MIE
    • Andrew Gouldstone, MIE
    • Xiaoning Jin, MIE
    • Sinan Müftü, MIE
    • Ozan Ozdemir, MIE
    • Taskin Padir, ECE
    • Mohammad Taslim, MIE
    • Moneesh Upmanyu, MIE

Go the Extra Mile “GEM” Staff Award

  • Elizabeth Creamer, UG Advising
  • David Louis, Computer Center
  • Krista Robinette, ChE

Rising Star Staff Award

  • Jessica Chace, Dean’s Office
  • Hamad Rehman, Computer Center
  • Shawna Richardson, ARC

Outstanding Staff Award

  • Michael MacNeil, CEE
  • Adam Rodrigues, ARC

Outstanding Staff Award

  • PROTECT Team
    • Genesis Agosto Roman
    • Ishwara Ayala Ortiz
    • Rocio Cuevas Gines
    • Zulmarie Diaz Reguero
    • Chrystal Galan Rivera
    • Lilliana Gonzalez Medina
    • Natacha Guilloty-Rodriguez
    • Xiodenis Guzman Santiago
    • Gredia Huerta-Montañez
    • Joselyn De Jesus Rodriguez
    • Jessica Medina
    • Aryam Muñoz-Burgos
    • Nilda Otero
    • Mayra Rivera Robles
    • Priscilla Roman Alvarez
    • Zaira Rosario-Pabón
    • Carlos Vergara-Herrera

Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service

  • Akram Alshawabkeh
  • Claire Duggan

View descriptions of each award.

Related Departments:Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)